function y = createElementContainer()
y = struct( 'stress',[],...
        'constitutiveMatrix',[],...
        'thickness',1.0,...
        'mode','constant',...
        'renh',[],...
        'Xi',[],...
        'ue_old',[],...
        'isActivated',1,...
        'isCrack',0,...
        'H',0,...
        'ft',0,...
        'crackLength',0,...
        'area',0,...
        'normal',[],...
        'tangent',[],...
        'active',0,...
        'active_old',0,...
        'Kdxi',[],...
        'Kxid',[],...
        'Kxixi',[],...
        'Kxixi_1',[],...
        'X1',[],...
        'X2',[]);
end
